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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-19

Persons who dislike snakes continually
ask: What is the use Of them That
they are not without Use will, hope, APP
pear in the course Of this work. were it
necessary TO preach that all things have
their use. But in one habit that offended
Lord Bacon, namely, of ''going on their
belly lies one of their greatest uses. be-
eau that, together with their internal
formation and external covering. enables
them 10 penetrate where no larger car
niverous animal could venture, into dark
and nolsoine morasses, bog iungles,
swamps, amid the vegetation Of the
tropics, where the swarms Of the lesser
reptiles, on which 50 many of them feed,
would otherwise ~outbalance the harmony
Of nature, die and produce pestilence.
Wondrously and exquisitely constructed
for their habit, they are able 10 exist
where the higher animals could not, and
while they help to clear those inaccessible
places Of the lesser vermin, they them
selves supply food for a number Of
smaller mamalie, which, with many car
nivorous birds, devour vast numbers Of
young snakes. The hedgehog, weasel,
ichneumon. rat, peccary, badgar, hog,
goat, and an immense number Of birds
keep snakes within due limits, while the
latter perform their part among the grain.
devouring and herbivorous lesser crea-
tres. Thus beautifully is the balance Of
nature maintained. New Orleans Plea.
rune.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-19
A Great SEA- On Fire,

The shores Of the Caspian alnund in
naphtha springs extending for mills
under the Sa. the imprisoned gases OF
this volatile substance often escaping
from iissur,S in its bed and lMbbling up
in lar-r volumes Ia the surface. This
circum tancr has given rise To- the prac-
ticc of setting the sea on fire.. which
is thus d" rrlhcl hy n mulcrn traveller:
Hiring q steam barge We put out la
sea. and. after a lengthy search, found a
suitable spot. Our boat having moved
round Ia windwarl. a sailor threw "a
bundle Of burning flax into the sea, when
tlo"ls of light disrrlled the surrounding
darkness. No fireworks, no illumina-
tions, arr TO be compared 10 the sight
that presented itself Ia u gaze. Il was
rs though the sea trrmblel convulsively
amid thousands of shooting. dancing
tongues of flame Of prudigious sizr. Now
they emerged from the water. nov they
disappeared. At n time they scared
aloft and melted away: at another II gust
of wind divided them into bright streaks
of flame, the foaming, bubbling billows
making music to the scene. In COM
pliance with the wishes of some Of the
spectators our barge was stecred toward
the flames and passed through the midst
Of them. a somewhat dangcrou, expert.
ment. as the large was employed in the
transport Of naphtha and was pretty well
saturated with the fluid. However. We
n5caIcd without accident and gazel for
an hour longer on thu. unwonted spectacle
Of a sea on lire. Moscow Nelomosti.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-19
Wednesday, January Is, 1887.

GOVERNOR HAUsER is conceded to
be one OF the sblest and most progress
sive Democrats in Montana, and he
has a bluntness in the expression Of
his views which usually carries con-
viction. In his message on Tuesday
he was particularly direct and honest
In most Of his recommendations, but
there was one which is open to the
suspicion Of insincerity, viz: that in
relation to the registry law. We sim
cerely hope that there are in the
lower house Of the legislature a suffi-
cient number of Democratic advocates
Of honest elections TO insure The pass
age Of a registration bill by II union
with the Republicans; but, however
devoutly this consummatiOn may be
wished, We do not incline to the
belief that il will be realized
until both houses Of the legisla-
turs aud the governor shall be
Republicans. How would a registra-
ton law have affected the Broad water
railroad vote in Lewis and Clarke
county last November? Where would
Toole have landed in 'si had q regis.
tration law been in force in Silver
Bow county? What would have hap
pened to Maginnis in 's2 had a regis
tration law been in operation in Mis-.
souls county, or at Rocky Point,
Whoop-Up and Wilder's Landing? II
sounds very encouraging to hear Gov.
Hauser plead so eloquently for the
purity Of the b~allot-box, but the his-
tory Of his party and party practices
affords no ground for the hope that
his suggestions will be adopted, or
that they are prompted by any motive
other than to take the wind out of the
Republican Legislative sails.-Inter.
Mountain.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-19

THE Secretary Of the interior has in
structed the Attorney-G General to in.
stitute suit against Muckle Bros, Of st.
Helena, Oregon, for the manufactured
value Of timber alleged to have been
unlawfully cut from the government
lands in Columbia county, Oregon.
1t 10 stated In the agents report TO the
department that this firm have cut
and removed from Columbia county
owe 100000 feet Of fir, cedar and map
lie timber, board measure, valued at
from IS to $40 per thousand feet when
manufactured into lumber and at IS
per thousand feet In logs at the mill.
1t appears that the cutting, at least on
. portion Of the lands. was done under
the color Of title,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-19


In the United states the newspaper
makers position rs a leader ofthe pub.
lie has long been recognized by the
public at large, but some of the profess
sional classes are alarmed at the vast
strides that the newspaper press Of TO-
day IL taking. 1t has caught up with
physicians. is neck and neck with the
bar, and is pressing the pulpit. Sens.
lave and timid men in all professions,
men who smart for real or fancied
hurts received from the press, strive to
keep it back. They might rs well try
to keep the roots of the oak from
spreading. Outside Of the alarmists
there Is little TO fear Of the power of
the press. That is a matter that reg
ulates itself as any healthy normal
growth of any organism does. The
press is not on its defence. 1t has moth
ing to complain Of in its treatment by
the general public. The outcry IS all
on the part Of a very limited part Of
the public, which has heretofore usur-
ped functions which in the process Of
social growth is attaching to the press.
Naturally, the a~ggrieved individuals
object; but the newspaper makers po-
sition is assured by nature, 1t is not
forced. Baltimore Telegram.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-19
Happiness on sixty Kreutzers a Week


me Neue Freie Press gives an interest
ing and instructive account Of the
speeches made and the arguments used
at the vegetarian congress recently held
IN Vienna.
One advocate Of the vegetable diet told
a story which is a gem in its way. II
narrated the experiences Of two lovers in
humble circumstances who were long
restrained from perpetrating matrimony
by fear of the cost of housekeeping.
Finally the vegetarian idea struck them.
and they ventured TO become one. In
the morning they took bread soup, at
noon vegetables, at night potatoes, with
occasional indulgence in health coffee"
made of burnt corn and maize. Their
expenses, in fact. did not exceed sixty
kreutzers a week, and their domestic en-.
joyment was without bounds.
The superficial may sneer at a story
like this, but the wise will easily under.
stand its moral and wonder anew at the
fewness and simplicity Of the elements
really necessary to human happiness
New York Herald.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-19

The hotels of New York are its histors.
Time was when the Astor house was ~
far up town that people went up there "
see il. Its erection was midway Of an
era. which went back to the old City
hotel and Howard hotel, AMI forward Ia
the Metropolitan and St. Nicholas. The
hostelries Of those days took their nam,S
from home subjects, the old Clinton.
where the pioneer Of the Leland family
made a beginning Of the hotel business in
sone humble capacity, was named after
the governor who planned 1.-THE big
ditch. just n the Hoffman in recent
times was NAMED after another chief
magistrate Of the Empire state. French's,
Iovejoy's, the Brandreth, the Gilsey, the
Coleman, the Sturtcvant and the Everett
were and are perpetuations Of indi.
viduals. Then came topical or local
designations. such as the New York, the
Union Square and the Fifth Avenue.
The st. Nicholas was a tribute TO the
city's patron saint; the Metropolitan
marked the era when New York assumed
metropolitan rank. and the United States
was the home Of sea captains. who con-
Quoted our international commerce. The
epoch Of travelled Americans and visiting
Englishmen came next with such hotels
as the Clarendon, Albemarle, st. James,
Windsor, Westminster, Brunswick and
Buckingham. The French and CONT
mental fashion Of putting the word
''hotel' before the name came with and
succeeded this stage Of nomenclature.
The Hotel Normandy is a happy illustra-
ton. Numerous others might be cited,
among the latest Of them the Hotel Bar
tholdi, which was quite an inspiration of
its sponsor, and the Hotel Gladstone,
which is artistically a success in point Of
euphony Brooklyn Citizen.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-19

Italian Effort and herman Endesvor.
I wonder II you who are fond of music,
and who understand the not very subtle
distinction between Italian effort and
and German ~endeavor, not TO mention
the French flippancies Of opera bouiTe,
have ever thought to any extent OF the
marked characteristics that distinguish
singers of these differing lines Of music.
We have had here, and Of course you
have had the same there, many scores of
first class Italian artists. The men and
women alike run TO fat, with the excep-
ton of lie Grange, who was tall and
stately, and preserved the elegance OF
her figure far into later life. rccollect
no distinguished woman who was not
given TO adiposity. 1t was the same way
with the male singers.
The Italian is the language Of love, the
rotundity of Italian phraseology seems to
serve as rounded wheels on which the
words of amorousness can best be carried
from lip to heart. Italian singers here
abouts frequent always maccaroni fur
nishing restaurants. where oily dishes
have the call, where morality is not up
to rar. Their strap 8, social and personal,
are matters of record, and the popularity
of their dTneSticity has ever been an
open secret. The light and airy exist
enc Of opera louffe singers we all under
stand. II has neither the voluptuous
self indulgencc of the Italians nor the
solid scientific self-dcnial of the Germans.
Ii is, us matter of fact, unsubstantial, in
sincere, without solid basis Of any sort or
kind. The men as a rule are dancing
jacks, oily haired. with upturned mus
taches, pointed boards, dandified COS
TUNES. a sort Of a-dog-under-the-arm
strut, which counts for nothing.
Now, the Germans are a big class Of
<oplc wherever You find them, and it Is
their credit that German artists. rs a
rule. are a fair index Of the German
I%1oIlc. They are 81 solid even Us Ia le
stnlid. Almost invariably they are people.
men anil women alike, Of hmoic build.
over-large, with overload voices. with
hig ox-likc faces, lion-likc c~ouulcnmceS.
and always, especially in their work,
truihinlu,SS, in Il IN earnest eudeINnr 10
convey snnc thought. This il particn-
larry the ease with singers who I%ntern't
Wagner music, where every singer has
attending him q significant and charw"
teristic strain, where eacl, mw lyuili,s
sone marked Development If human
or Sulrnnl nature. | have bcn Isr.
ticularly struck by that this .car.-Joe
Howard ia Boston Globe.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-19
summOns.
In the District Court OF the Fourth JudiciL
District OF the Territory Of Montana within and
for the county Of Cu.fer

In the District Court Of the Fourth Judicisl
District OF the Territory Of Montana within and
Tor the county OF Custer.
Action brought In The
Esther Marie Wood, District Court Of the
Fourth judicial Distriet
Plaintiff Of the Territory u Mon
tanA IN and for the coun-
AGAINST ty Of Custer, and the con-
plant fled in said coun-
Charles A. Wood, ty OF Custer, In q, ofhoe
OF the clerk Of said Dis
Defendant trict Court.
The people Of the Territory Of Montana ssoA
greeting 10 Charles A. Wood. defendant You No
hereby required TO appear In an action brought
against you BY the above named plaintiff. In The
District Court OF the Fourth Judicial District q
the Territory Of Montana, in and for the said coun.
~ OF Custer, and TO- answer the complaint did
therein, within ten days exclusive Of the day a
service) after the service on you Of this summons
iiserved within ,hi. equity o., ~ served out Of
this county, but In this district, then within
twenty days; otherwise within forty days-or
Judgment by default will be taken against you, 90
cording to the prayer Of said complaint,
The said action is brought TO dissolve The mar.
riage relation existing between you and the said
plaintiff, and TO procure q di Orce In said court
The ground ~ sai1 action being extreme cruelty
perpetrated by you, the said drfendant. upon the
said plaintiff ut the time and date In the said com.
plant now on file In said cause alleged. a. will
more fully appear by reference TO the complaint on
he herein.
And you are hereby notiped that 10 you fall 10
appear and answer the said complaint, ~ shove
required. the said plaintiff will apply to the eourS
for tn relief demanded In the co" paint.
Given under my hand and the seal Of the District
Court OF the Fourth Judicial District
Of the Territory Of Montana. IN and for
the said county OF Custer, this End
tsFALl day OF October, In the year Of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-six.
JAMES MCFARLAND, Clerk.
sTREvKLL & GARLocK, y
Attorneys fy Plaintiff.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-19

II there is one thing more than another
that a ''slSsi"ty" lallc adores II is hobby.
Something new in this line Is invented
every little while by some fair sister. for
hobbies grow stale and uninieresting in "A
short time. The latest out is the collec-
ton Of the small neckties which gentle
men nov wear. and are ussl by the dear
creatures who lag them in "A most moral
and sentimental manner. A small cord
is stretched FROM IaSt Ia post across the
heal and fuotpi,sr of the Young lady's
lssl. 10 which the ties are fastened. A
tie. WHEN presented by. r begged II, a
g"utlcman, muSt Ia accompanied 10y a
miniature card, hearing his name Or mon
ugrain. under which the lady writes the
prettiest compliment the giver has ever
paid her. The ties are arranged artistic
ally, with regard to color, and the belles
Of fashion We with each other in cndeay-
oring 10 be the first Ia have her couch
fully dccked. Each night a tie Is taken
from the line and placed under the pillow
To insure pleasant dreams. II at the end
Of two months after a girl has completed
the task of the decoration she be not en-
gagged to marry, the ties are put into a
black bag, tied with a black ribbon, and
hung in an obscure corner. She must
then begin over again, in hopes that her
luck will turn. After marriage a silk
quilt must b. made. and the ties are fast
cned in clusters here and there all over
the top Of it. This will in all probability
remain n thing Of beauty and adornment
until after the first quarrel, when the
sight Of the ties Of his wife's former adj
mirers excites the young husband to
greater anger, and he yanks them off,
M by one, and throws them into the
fire.-Cleveland News.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-19
MUSIC AMONG THE oYpsles.
Their Favorite Instruments-Apt Pupiis
In Misunderstanding st Concerts.

Aucir EhyOftte EuPhAs
In Music-singing st Concerts.
In the days of yore, long ere the hills
of England were tunneled, its rivers
crossed, or its valleys were invaded 10
make way for railway trains, it was
sweet to listen to the mild music, which,
emanating from some Gypsy camp in a
secluded dell, mingled with the rich notes
of the nightingale and other birds Of
song, just as the sun, on his ycrmilion
car, sank below the horizon in the dis
tant west. Although iaroads have been
made on the haunts of the gypsy tribes,
and their music Is not heard SO often now
as formerly, the old love of it still lingers
in the tents and lives in the hearts of this
singular people. Their home life is now
and then enlivened by music and dane
ing, especially when the women have had
s'good luck" and the men have been
successful in their speculations.
1t is then they indulge, more than they
usually do, both in eating and drinking.
A few of fortunes smiles will make
them so light hearted, and they become
so merry, that a tune on the violin is
proposed, TO which all that are able and
so disposed dance with great h%ilarity,
especially to that known us The White
Cockade,' Many Of the men dance well.
and the women and girls generally
lightly and elegantly, and all of them
seem to enjoy the pastime. The favorite
instruments Of the Gypsies are the harp,
fiddle, tambourine and tin whistle. Such
apt pupils in music are many Of them.
that if they had proper facilities and
efficient tutors they would be no disgrace
whatever either To the most eminent COM.
posers or to the most accomplished musi-
clans.
In different parts of Europe, par'icu-
larry in Russia and Hungary, many
Gypsics have become very popular as
singers in cathedrals and churches. and
have often bcen EMPLOYED TO sing before
princes and fashionable assemblies, both
private and public. In Spain some Of the
Gitanos are theatrical performers, and
cases are not infrequent in which they
have attained great efficiency and popu-
larity. In Hungary a writer relates Of
knowing several Gypsy women who were
popular as public singers. and n in
particular, whose voice was Of such re-
markallr sweetness that she was almost
constantly engaged in singing at concerts
given in the private mansions Of the rich
and noble for many miles around, and
for which she was always very munifi-
Gently paid. -Brooklyn Magazine.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-19
Daniel Wcb.ter,s Prophecy.

II Is only about forty-fve years since
Daniel Webster spoke in the senate with
the loftiest contempt Of the worthless
country west Of the Missouri as "a
region Of slvages and wild beasts, Of
deserts of shifting sands and whirlwinds
Of dust, Of cactus and prairie dogs" II
could never he Of use! In the same
speech he described our magnificent
western coast as ''rockbound, cherries,
uninvitins, and not a hsrbor on III" At
that time California was still u Mexican
Companion.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-19
Valuable Microscopic Discovery.

A valuable microscopical discovery has
been made by ID. w. Smith, a Syracuse,
N. Y, amateur. Mr.. Smith devoted
months to tho effort Of producing a light
for the illumination Of the microscope
which should possess sufficient intensity
for the resolution of the finer tests with
lenses Of moderate powers, and at last
succeeded. Before a meeting Of the SYRIA
cuse M~icroscopical society he demon.
strated that he could, by using a lime
light, resolve clearly the lines on certain
test diatoms with an object which would
not show them at all with any other
light, no matter how manipulated
Chicago Times.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-19
The Way 10 Make Sales.

An agent for parlor organs says 1t pays
to give an organ outright TO some one
farmer in a neighborhood where there
are no instruments. As soon as IL is
known that he has one every other farm
er's wife exclaims: swell, il that isn't
cheek! II that family can buy an organ
we shall certainly have one, and wen
get a better one than they did!' From
fifteen to twenty sales are the result
Detroit Free Press.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-19

There is a great deal Of old material
vet in congress, despite the fact that
many Of the statesmanic landmarks have
been removed during the past few years.
In the senate, Morrill,, of Vermont. stands
out ms the oldest man, being 10 years Of
age, while his colleague, Edmunds, is Is,
Payne. of Ohio, is also 20 years old, but
falls short of Morrill, by seven months.
Dawes, Of Massachusetts,, is 20, although
he does not look IS. Wade Hampton. If
South Carolina; Evarts, of New York,
and Sawyer, of Wisconsin, have with
stood the blasts of 90 winters and the
heat of as many m Evar.s looks
much the oldest of the trio. Conger. of
Michigan, is spry, but has worn 90 years.
Wilson, Of Maryland, and Brown, of
Georgia, are each IS, while Beck, of
kentucky, is "a. Pugh, of Alabama, is
GO, and Salisbury, the rusty bachelor
from Delaware, is 90, and looks it.
There is no one in the house SO old as
the two oldest senators. Judge Kelley.
the father of the house, the venerable
PENNSYLVANIA protectionist, leads the list.
lie is -. But Eldridge, Of Michigan, il
Is said. is quite as old. Plumb, of
Illinois. is 20. while the directory records
Waite. Of Connecticut, at Is, which must
lc an error. Curtin, of Pennsylvania, is
90. Reagan. the ex-Confedcrate post
master general and treasurer, the pride Of
Texas. is Us. as is also Singleton, of Mis-
siSsippi. Barbour, Of Virginia. &C; ditto
Lindsey, Of New York. Charley O'Neill,
of Pennsylvania, is 81; Wadsworth, of
New York, the same, and Geldes, of
Ohio, makes up a good w. The old men
in the senate seem 10 be much more aged
in actions than those in the house
INDIANAPOLIS Journal.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-19
The Salt Lake Democrat is wildIwitb

The Salt Lake Democrat 10 wildlwith
Joy over. the passage Of the Edmunds-
Tucker bill and above the dispatch
announcing its passage It has these
poetic head lines.
Sound the loud timbril DER Utah's
dark sea,
The Gentiles have triumphed and
Utah free.
Mark January 18th In bold letters Of
red,
For Utah has risen as Christ from the
dead.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-19
Really Quite Recent.

odd you know that short mustaches
like mine are all the rage nowY" asked a
Soho youth Of his girl.
'No; are they2' she replied.
"Yes; they are the latest things out"
81 might have known that, too, for II
they are like yours they haven't been out
long. "-Pittsburg Chronicle.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-19
CHAs. b. FARwELL. of Cbjcs

CHAs, b. FARwELL, Of Chicago, has
been selected by the Republican mem.
bers OF the Illinois legislature as
their candidate for senator. A native
Of New York, he removed 10 Chicago
in 1888, and has resided in Chicago
for nearly forty years. During his
wide experience In political life be
served two terms In Congress.